Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Co7♯5C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th

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D♯tone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Atone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 6 · Notes C · D♯ · F♯ · G♯ · A

How to play it

Co7♯5 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 2 4) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 4 0 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 4 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 5 6 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 11 11 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 11 9 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 8 11 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 11 11 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

Co7♯5 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 2 4) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 4 0 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 4 6 5 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 5 6 5 4) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 11 11 8 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 11 9 8 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 8 11 8 11) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 11 11 8 8) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How Co7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

gnarleddissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯ · G♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 6

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